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Manuscript cover

18th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueSilk and cotton satin; mounted on cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 13.4 x 31.7cm (5 1/4 x 12 1/2in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2307
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1913, purchased from the library of Puj Kripa Rishi, a Jaina priest, Patti, Panjab by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)
Manuscript cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
Manuscript cover
15th or 16th century
Pin cushion
18th century
View: Front
Probably 19th century or 20th century
Bell Pull
1830-1840s
Bell Pull
1830-40s
Calash
last quarter of the 18th century